Americas

Mexico: Protection needed for villagers in Mexico
18 November 2009

Four men on trial for an attack on human rights lawyer Ricardo Lagunes Gasca, and other inhabitants of Ejido Jotolá, southern Mexico, in September 2009, have been ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/059/2009

Future of Guantánamo detainees must be resolved | Amnesty ...
18 November 2009

President Barack Obama has acknowledged that his administration will not meet his deadline for the closure of the military facility in Cuba.

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Haiti: Protect girls in domestic service in Haiti (petition)
18 November 2009

Protect Girls in Domestic Service in Haiti AI Index: AMR 36/007/2009. Sign this petition to urge the Haitian authorities to establish ...

Document       AMR 36/007/2009

Amnesty International visits Honduras to assess human rights ...
18 November 2009

An Amnesty International delegation will be travelling to Honduras between 24 November and 4 December to assess the human rights situation in the context of the ...

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Haiti: Government must eradicate child slavery | Amnesty ...
18 November 2009

Authorities in Haiti must enact legislation to protect children working as domestic help in conditions that amount to slavery, said Amnesty International ahead ...

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USA: Ohio looking to execute under new protocol
18 November 2009

The State of Ohio has announced new lethal injection procedures and is looking to resume executions. It is seeking to execute Kenneth Biros on 8 December 2009. ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/117/2009

US must reform Afghanistan detention policy as new facility opens ...
16 November 2009

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Honduras: Honduran radio journalist fears for his life: Luis ...
16 November 2009

Luis Galdámez, a male journalist freelancing for an independent radio station in Honduras, has been receiving death threats as a result of his broadcasting work ...

Urgent Action       AMR 37/009/2009

Indigenous teacher missing in Brazil after violence over ancestral ...
13 November 2009

Brazilian and Paraguayan authorities must redouble their efforts tofind an indigenous teacher who has been missing since 30 October.

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Brazil: Indigenous teacher missing in Brazil
13 November 2009

Male teacher Rolindo Vera, a member of the Guarani Kaiowa Indigenous group, went missing on 30 October after a violent eviction carried out by armed men in Mato ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/020/2009